Mental health service praised

Aberdeenshire Council has welcomed an Education Scotland report which highlights the “positive impact” of the authority’s educational psychology service.

The feedback forms part of a formal assessment of the service, carried out through a partnership involving the council, its educational psychology service, and Education Scotland.

The Aberdeenshire Educational Psychology Service provides a range of services to children and families, schools and the local authority, with the aim of improving the learning and wellbeing of children and young people.

The council’s educational psychologists work with a wide range of partners to benefit all children and young people, with a particular focus on those who are not progressing as well as they could.

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“This is very encouraging feedback for the service”

and children’s services committee, Councillor Alison Evison, said: “This is very encouraging feedback for what was a very detailed selfassessment process for the educational psychology service.

“The report shows the service is having a positive impact, and I’m sure the team will be very pleased to hear that.”

The evaluation involved visits to schools, discussions with learners and interviews with senior council officers with the council’s educational psychologists leading the activities.

The report notes the “strong commitment to self-evaluation for improvement” across the service, led by the principal educational psychologist, and that the service had “formed a realistic and accurate view of their strengths and areas for improvement”.